Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Jermyn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42069111000 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 2,070
Census tract 42069111000 covers part of Jermyn, PA, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,070. Cost burden runs 30% here against 41.6% across Lackawanna County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units950
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$59,133
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jermyn and the region
Centroid at 41.5273, -75.5454 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jermyn scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jermyn
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$776 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jermyn
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jermyn
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jermyn
5.0
How Jermyn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 59Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2004)
- 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jermyn
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.9/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Average gross rent is $776, 21% below the Jermyn average. It sits 1.0 points below the Lackawanna County average of 4.6.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 59 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 5.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $59,133, annual rent is just 16%.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42069111000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069111000?
Census tract 42069111000 in Jermyn scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42069111000?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069111000?
9.8% of residents in tract 42069111000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,070.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069111000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 65th, minority 1th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069111000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069111000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.02% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42069111000 compare to Jermyn overall?
Tract 42069111000 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Jermyn at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jermyn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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